The 15th of April is looming close. Are you done with your taxes or are you still procrastinating? For those who are through with them, do you owe the government or do they owe you? If it is the former, we cannot help you much,...
Read MoreA couple of weeks before, a number of reports claimed that the confidence of home builders was surging. The trend has reversed but hopefully for just a short time. This month the confidence of US homebuilders has suffered because extreme weather has resulted in potential...
Read MoreSo you think you are ready to sell your home? That is really good, but we hope you did not make this decision in haste. There is so much uncertainty in the real estate market right now that home sellers are not very sure if...
Read MoreThe Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act was implemented in the year 2007 to help troubled homeowners manage their finances in a better way. Under this act, any mortgage debt was exempted from taxes, provided the lenders had forgiven it. In the era after the crisis,...
Read MoreThe real estate market is recovering, but stability is still not certain. Currently, it is the seller that has the upper hand. But that doesn’t mean that the buyer can’t have his way. By exhibiting some prudence, you can easily save some substantial money while...
Read MoreLatest reports by Zillow state by the end of 2013, national homes values remained high by about 6.4%. By the end of the fourth quarter, the price was valued at $169,100 according to the US Zillow Home Value Index which is about 1.4% higher than...
Read MoreDocuSign joins the rest of the United States real estate industry in applauding the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Office of Single Family Housing’s expansion of lender authority to accept electronic signatures on documents associated with mortgage loans. The publication of Mortgagee Letter 2014-03 is the...
Read MoreIs 2014 going to be the year when you plan on becoming a homeowner? That is great, but before you step into the market, you should familiarize yourself with the terms that are so often used. Fail to understand these, and you will not be...
Read MoreThe Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) recently called on the Senate to pass bipartisan legislation to protect homeowners from significant increases in flood insurance premiums, which began being phased in on Oct. 1. S. 1926, introduced by Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson...
Read MoreA new law has been enforced that will provide homebuyers with a deeper insight to their home appraisal, which includes the reviews and the electronic cross-checks. Lenders use these to determine the loan amount which should be approved. In the light of this policy, the...
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